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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-04-14

The cup presented by the New York Yacht
club to the owner of the Mayfower in honor
of her victory over the Galatea, which is on
exhibition in Washington street window,
suggests the progress which has been made in
the arts of design for such articles within
comparatively few years. 1t is not very long
since the trophies in silver which commem-
GRATED the exploits of our sportsnen on land
and sea were of the crudest artistic character,
and the very elaborateness with which they
were wrought out showed their defects the
more strikingly. When figures of human be
ings or animals were attempted the effect was
peculiarly distressing, as knowledge of draw
ing was obviously not among their designers
gifts, and the finish of mechanical execution
set off all the defects of this work. The May
flower cup is not great artistic production,
but it is simple and in good taste, and its or
namentation is suggestive Of the purpose for
which it was given, as well as the associations
of the name that so worthily symbolizes its
New England origin.-Boston Post.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett browning.


Mrs. Browning's conversation was
most interesting. She never made an
insignificant remark. All that sh said
was always worth hearing; a greater
compliment could not be paid her. She
was most conscientious listener, giving
you her mind and heart as well as her
magnetic eyes. Persons were never her
theme unless public characters were un-
der discussion or friends were to be
praised. One never dreamed of frivoli-
ties in Mrs. Brownings presence, and
gossip felt itself out of place. Yourself,
not herself, was always a pleasant sub
ject to her, calling out all her best
sympathies in joy, and yet more in
sorrow. Books and humanity, great
deeds, and above all, politics, which I'M
clude all the grand questions of the day,
were foremost in her thoughts and there
fore oftenest on her lips. / speak not of
religion, for with her everything was re-
ligion.
Thoughtful in the smallest things-fo
others, she seemed to give little thought
to herself. The first to see merit, she
was the last to censure faults, and gave
the praise that she felt with generous
hand. No one so heartily reioiced at the
success of others; no one was so modest
in her own triumphs. She loved all who
offered.her affection, and would solace
and advise with any. Mrs. Browning
belonged to no particular country; the
world was inscribed upon the banner un-
der which she fought. Wrong was her
enemy; against this she wrestled in what
ever part of the globe it was to be found.
! Exchange.
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Two Kentuckians, one Of them & black
smith, recently called at the navy department
and announced that they had discovered
process of treating steel, which, if their
claims are borne out by the facts viii practic-
ally revolutionize the art of steel tool making.
They asserted that by their methed Of treat
ment the commonest grades Of metal, such as
shear or cast steel. could be so tempered in
the matter of hardness and toughness as to
fully equal the best grades of tool steel An
experiment was made on the blade of Secre-
tary Whitney's pocket knife, with the result
that it was possible to whittle an ordinary
steel key without apparent injury to the
blade So impressed was the secretary by
the claims of the inventors that he decided to
permit the process to be tested experimentally
at the Washington navy yard, and the ex-
periments have already been begun.-New
York Sun.
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In the swamps OF Arkansas.

In 1860 / was working south on levee
work. In these days each man got four
teen "iiggers" of whisky, some even
more. A iigger is tin cup on top of a
dinner pail. The first question asked
was: How many jiggers do you give!"
Ten" "Oh, you're no good. know
man ur here who'll give fourteen" The
next question was: "llow much do you
pay?' 1t was in the swamps of Arkan-
sas, where even the cats and dogs had
ague. j went there sick and worn, but
| neither smoked nor drank. / was told
| could not do without whisky, but was
the only man out of fifty who made full
time. gained ninety pounds, while
men who could have thrown me over
their head at the beginning Of that year
were reduced to skeletons. s.-Serg. Pau
Ready in Globe Democrat.
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mitigation of whooping-oouuh.

WhoopiBg-cough paroXysms, it is well
known, are sensibly amehorated by the
atmosphere of gas works, and there is
some reason for the belief that cures of
the disease are effected by breathing
such air. DIR. w. T. Greene suggests an
easily available improvement ON the old
plan of sending children on visits TO gas
works for this purpose. His plan is to
attach piece of rubber tubing TO ~
burner, the tubing being long enough to
reach the floor. The gas is turned on
just enough to make "a perceptible odor,
and the child is 20 inhale it for few
minutes at n time as often rs convenient.
Chicago News.
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Messrs. Walsh and Tweedy, of the United
States geological survey, were caught out in
an electric storm while sletching from a
high peak, near Dixie Butte, Ore, recently
First there was buzzing sound, apparently
coming from under the drawing table that
Mr.. Walsh was using. He put his hand
under the drawing sheet and received a
severe shock. Tweedy, who was lying down,
was disturbed, and jumped to his feet, but
went down again quickly, for where he stood
the electric fluid entered in such quantities as
to produce an almost unbearable pricking
sensation. Both men felt tremendous shocks,
their hair stood up like bristles, their muscles
twitched, and in all respects they felt as if
connected TO a powerful electric battery.
Through it all the projecting rocks gave
forth musical, humming sound. New Yorl;
Sun
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A CADET WHO s'NooNED.
why $4,000 300 widow Ran to SOL
dier Boy Oh Parade Ground.


dier Boy Oh Parade Ground.
Nine. Barrios is beauty. She is of the
genuine South American type According
to our ideas she lacks height, and there is too
much of her aqliline nose She is said to be
only "a, and may be, as South American
women don't long retain their girlishness OF
the seven children three, including the cadet,
are her stepchildren Her own four are little
tots, dressed oddly, but always Ticturesquely.
Nine. Barrios has magnificent jewels. Her
collection of diamonds is said to rival the
European crown jewels. But she does not
wear many of them now-only- diamond
comb, that blazes like an electric light, and
pair of solitaire ear rings as big as hickory
nuts.
One afternoon lately, just as she had stepped
out of her carriage and taken her seat on one
of the benches facing the grassy plain where
the parade was formed a cadet, standing in
the middle of the line near the colors, suddenly
fell full length on the grass. 1t is no uncom-
mon thing for them to faint after hard days
drilling, particularly when it is warm and the
belts around their slim waists are strapped
unusually tight 1t was soon known to be
young Barrios. Nine. Barrios uttered q lit
tie cry and flew to the edge of the path skirt
ing the parade ground. She is said to be very
affectionate to this step-son, and certainly
showed a motherly solicitude.
Meanwhile his belt had been unfastened,
his coat opened, and while one cadet famed
him vigorously another ran for water to the
officers quarters, close by. The line stood
motionless; nothing short of Judgment day
could move that soldierly corps. The poor
young fellow lay at full length as still and
white as death. Presently he stirred family
A cadet officer, with o red sash tied around
his slim waist and sword, stepped out of
ranks and advanced toward Nine Barrios,
telling her it was nothing but fainting fit
and in a minute or two BaIrios was helped to
his feet and walked feebly across the plain to
the barracks, supported between two cadets
Nine. Barrios, with companion, hurried-if
anything so graceful as her quick walk could
be called hurried-and met him. So you see
she has heart as well as glorious eyes and a
delicious voice. West Point Cor Chicago
News
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The extraordinary mortality in the family
of the Baron Duradd excited the suspicious
of the French customs police after that gen
tlenan had crossed the Belgian boundary
four times in as many months, travelling each
time with a Theoretically sealed coffin and
bathed in tears over the demise of some near
relative, The last time they opened the cof-
fin against his fearful remonstrances and
found in it, instead of a corpse, mass of
fine cigars and expensive smoking tobacco,
upon which no duty had been paid. The
baron mourns row in the Jail at Lille-New
York Sun
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George r. Graham, once the owner of Gra-
hams Magazine, and for many years the
leading publisher of Philadelphia, who gave
employment in their early days to men and
women who have become the shining lights
of American literature, is now poor, iniirm
old man, and but for the kindness of phil
anthropic Philadelphian would be in the.
poorhouse. He is lying, a hopeless and prac-
tically friendess invalid, in New York hos
pital. Among the regular contributors to
Grahanl's Magazine were Henry W Long
fellow, William Cullen Bryant, J. Fenimore
Cooper, Richard Henry Dana, Nathaniel P.
Willis, James Russell Lowell Lydia H.
Sgouney, Francis Sargent Osgood and Ann
S. Stevens Some of the earliest and best
productions of these now famous writers first
appeared in this publication. Edgar A. Poe
was long employed upon it ard put some of
his best work in its pages. Chicago Tribune.
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Some boys in Richmond, Va, had fun with
a sparrow the other day. Upon pigeon box
in the yard was affixed a piece of looking
glass. The male sparrow would get as mad
as possible at the reflection of his imagein the
mirror, and fight it furiously by the hour,
flying repeatedly so violently against the
glass as to knock himself backward in the air,
from whence he would return with increased
violence and vim until he would have to rest,
with his wings dragging, his mouth open,
and his sides painting. After resting awhile
he would pick up a small gravel stone in his
bill and renew the attack, striking the glass
with the gravel with all the impetus his wings
could give him. and thus he would continue
until completely exhausted. Chicago Herald.
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Joseph Pulitzer, editor of The New York
World, wandered into fashionable res
taurant III that city, one evening recently, to
eat his supper. He had hardly been in there
a minute when one of a party of English
gentlemen, who had arrived but the day
before, beckoned vigorously to him, with the
exclamation of Here, waitah; glass of
sherTyw There was a roar of laughter from
those who witnessed the incident, and readily
comprehended the Englishman's mistake,
while Mr. Pulitzer's face turned all the colors
shown through the spectrum, and he lost no
time in hiding his confusion by a haSty and
undignified exit. "Confound itn said the
Englishman, when the cause of the laughter
was explained to him, Il didn't know but
the fellow was a waiter He looks like
one, and how could I tell?n-Chicago Times
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A crazy man, by name Wetterlind, recent
ly terrorized the Swedish town of Goteborg
for more than a whole week He had locked
himself in the top story of house whence he
commanded a wide sweep of street, and
marked and fred at any and everybody who
approached. After he shot one man dead the
firemen attempted to drown him out, bu5
could not get near enough, as the man was q
dead shot They next made iron shields to
protect them in the approach, but these prov
ed too cumbersome. An attempt to dislodge
the lunatic by throwing dumbbells charged
with electricity at him had to be abandoned.
A barricade was then erected around the
house by the police and regular siege laid to
it, The lunatic stood it week before he was
starved out, and was then seized by strategy,
too week to defend himself. He had wounded
number Of people from his perch during the
singular campaign. York Sun.
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, THE FRANKEsT BAD MANNERS.
Shown by English People While visit
ing in America-An Example.


Shown by English People While visit
ing in America-An Example.
Yes, l agree with you that English
people are capable, somehow, Of the
fiankest bad manners in the world.
Have you heard any of the funny stories
flying about that English couple touring
amongst us a while ago? Mr. ana Mrs.
-? They are both, you know, public
characters, both literary, learned in their
grooves, Madame aesthetic, Monsieur,
Reverend, philanthropic, and q musical
enthusiast.
a musical friend OF mine met them
and was sufficiently fascinated by their
converse TO mediate inviting them to
spend some days at her house. She
mentioned this project to the lady who
was entertaining them. Il have no
doubt you would make visit charming
20 them," the lady replied, 'but before
you ask them, think / ought, inhos-
pitable as it seems, to give you Some
slight account of our expersence as
hosts"
This visit TO us was TO begin at lunch
time. IL was almost the hour for that
meal when Mr.. -, from whom they
were coming to us, drovs hastily TO our
door. "Have Mr.. and Mrs. - reached
here yet?' were almost his first words.
NO, though I'm looking for them any
moment"
well, we're at an utter loss what to
do. They left us this morning with no
word as to their luggage, their trunks
are standing open in their rooms, moth
ing packed up, even their toilet appa-
ratus scattered about. Are we tohave
them packed, do you suppose?"
just then our guests came. Saluta-
tions over. "Are our boxes conner" de-
manded Madame. Mr.. = interposed. Il
have just driven here to ask about them.
As they were open, and nothing packed,
we did not understand your intentions
about them"
"Why," returned his late lady guest,
Il expected your valet would pack my
husbands things, and your wife's maid
attend to mine"
Very good" returned Mr.. -. "The
luggage shall come at once" He has no
wallet, and his wife has no maid, but
somebody packed the boxes and speeded
them here.
! At breakfast next morning we had
unbolted whe t gems. Both our guests
declined them, but Mr.. - looked very
curiously to see what we should do with
them. When one was broken open,
"Why, they're not meat!" he exclaimed.
'Oh, no. they're hot bread made of
unbolted -four, we said.
"Aw! then I'll try one, he remarked.
Il think its very stupid to travel in a
foreign country and shun all the oddities
one encountersl Take one, my dear!" he
added presently to his wife, they're not
SO bad as they look!"
For dinner we had turkey-a very
large one. Some of it was grille1 for
supper, and next day we had some in a
salad for lunch. Mr.. - did not under
stand what the dish was, and | said it
was turkey salad. "Awl" he answered
me, turkey for dinner, turkey for sup
per, turkey for lunch; no wonder they
call the turkey the American bird, -
Philadelphia Cor. Providence Journal.
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A couple of rasca1s are swindlng the farm
ers of Greene county, Penn, in an ingen-
ious manner, They read the local news
papers carefully, and when a farmer pub
fishes an estray notice, No. calls to look at
the animal The farmer shows the beast, and
the fellow decides it is not his; then he re-
turns to his partner and describes it minutely
tp him. No. 2 goes to the farmer and, after
growing by thorough description that he is
she owner of the animal, says be cannot take
it away, and offers to sell it at bargain
The farmer buys it, and in few days the
rightful owner comes and claims the animal
New York Sun
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Mrs Woodwork, a revalist, is attracting
large crowds in Muncie, Ind. Her sermons
are simply exhortations, and she holds her
hearers quite as much by her manner as by
her words. She is dramatic in tone and ac-
ton. Her speech is of sing-song style,
while her hands are kept busy III graceful
gesture. AT times her eyes are fixed heaven
ward for several minutes, while she stands
like a statue her hands thrown back over her
shoulders, palms upward in a slow, weaving
motion. Her audience watch her intently,
and are evidently deeply impressed. New
York Sun
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A Gigantic Couule.

ian melodramatic actresses--that is to say.
great in the sense of size-is announced as a
coming event. The lady is so large that she
is called Himalaya by her friends and admir-
ers. Her intended husband is a giant, who
was lately exhibited at place of public en-
tertainment in Paris and who attracted fire.
guent crowds His bride viii be well dow
cred by her present protector, so that the
gigantic couple viii be able to enjoy their
welded life without any fear of pecuniary
embarrassments, Chicago Times. y.
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A movement is on foot throughout the
Catholic world to make a magnificent money
present to Pope Leo XIII, on the occasion Of
his golden jubilee. Italy has already sub
scrihed S35,000, mostly in penny contribu-
tions. Naples is to send throne of gold, the
Circulo di 81. Luigi, of Milan, magnificent
gold pen, ana the officers of the Pontifical
guards are preparing massive inkstand in
gold and silver of Renaissance style, sur
mounted by the statue Of the Archangel
Michael. Another feature of the jubilee viii
be the bringing together of speakers of the
different languages of the civilized world at
the Polyglot Literary academia of Rome, to
pronounce in their different tongues the
praises of the sovereign pontif. Foreign
Letter.
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There is at present a perfect glut of teach
ers in the scholastic market in France. The
impetus given by the republican government
to education has caused such an influx of
young men and young women to the profess
sion that more than 10000 who have gone
through the necessary training and passed
the examinations cannot find places. Most
of these would, under ordinary circum-
stances, not have become civil servants; and
the increase in the numbar of these, in q
country where the true function of the state
is considered by many to be that of provid-
ing posts for its citizens, is very serious
matter.-Science
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Ex-Empress Eugenie of France has with
drawn the pensions which she hitherto
paid TO the supporters of the Bonaparte
dynasty. Several persons who were accuss
toned to call at the Paris postoffice and draw
their money orders on her majesty al Chisel-
hurst are now missed. The reason alleged for
the withdrawal of the allowances is that her
majesty sees that the Napoleonic outlook in
France is hopeless, and that there is nothing
to be gained by sustaining the cause of i'm
perialisln against the republic.-Chicago
Tribune
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The picnic is an ancient institution,
but it has reached its full-blowu maturity
on American soil. With all It's Bug bugs
and little bugs and red bugs and hum
bugs it comes to us like water ia thirsty
land, like benediction OF rest to the
weary. 1t is better than the ball, with
its full dress and its flirting, amid lamps
above and laughter below. 1t is better
than the religious festival, so common in
the great cities of the north, when a man
is robbed to the sound of sacred music
and eats oysters for charity at 81 a
dozen. columbus (Ga.) Enqrirer-Sun.
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Henry George on Literary People,

1t is curious how people viii persist in look
ing upon writers as impractical people, no
matter what their previous experience has
been. As matter of fact the literary people
of to-day are as rule excellent business men
and women. Look at Mr.. Stedman, for in
stance. l myself am called a dreamer, an
idealist and don't know what else. Yet
have been sailor in all parts of the world, a
compositor, newspaper man and now pub
Usher One would think I ought TO have
some knowledge of everyday affairs by this
time.-New York Tribune Interview.
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Gen. sickles, Residence.

Since Gen. Sicllles had his famous quarrel
with a gas company over a bill for gas
charged for while his house was closed and
he was away in Europe the general has kept
bis eye on bis meter, and now one of the most
conspicuous ornaments in his handsomely fur
nished house on Fifth avenue is gilded and
snowy gas meter, which stands in an alcove
in his front hail. 1t is an unusually elabor-
ate and intricate, and presumably vigilant,
piece of mechanism, which combines with its
functions of a measure also the qualities of a
Hawkshaw, to- detect and prevent the surrep-
titious entrance into Gen. Sic1les' house of
any uninvited and unnecessary supply Of the
insidious and costly fluid.
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Retailing Buffalo Meat.

An Abilene, Tex, correspondent writes:
A wagon was in town few days ago from
which the proprietor was retailing fresh buff
falo meat, 1t is probably the last wagon
with such goods that will ever be seen on the
streets OF Abilene. There have been few
lonesome buffaloes for some years past in the
unf-equented wilds of Crockett county.
From these wilds they never emerged, SEEM
ing TO understand that they were hemmed in
on all sides by mercilsss Gordon Of fire.
Therefore their migratory instinct was for
gotten, or at least they never attempted to
follow it,
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The blue glass craze of several years ago
numbered among its victims Mrs Ruth
Smith, wealthy lady OF Bridgeport, Conn
She caused to be built on the southeast corner
of her house re ON composed entirely of blue
glass, into which the sun streams the entire
days. Mrs. Smith wears blue glass spec
tacles, dresses in blue silk and has her meals
brought to this novel room on dishes of blue
glass, where she eats, sleeps and lives 1t is
stated that she has not been out of her glass
home more than ten minutes at time in
eight years, during which period she has
never felt pain Or an ache of the slightest
description. Chicago Times.
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An amateur astronomer of Danville, n.
Y, asserts that on the day OF Judgment the
solar system Will be fused into glowing,
nebulous mass. The wicked will be cast into
this somewhat forrid environment, and the
good will be transferred to the planet Bulah.
On this planet the New Jerusalem, 500 miles
square, is to be located. This planet, for
economical reasons, has not yet been formed,
as it will not be needed until after the final
Judgment, New Orleans Times Democrat
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Mrs. James Brown Potter produced such
an impression upon the poet Browning dur
ing her recent visit to London that he is
writing poem especially for her, which viii
be as dramatic as he can possibly make it. 1t
is not to printed at all, and her recitation of
it Is expected to be great feature of her
dramatic appearances in New York this
winter-The Argonaut